Daily observations on whatever comes to mind. (Look for a lot of posts on food and gratitude. ;)

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Saturday, November 6, 2010

Small Victories

Friday was tough. My motivation to do anything always seems to be the lowest on Fridays. I almost rationalized my way out of the lunch walk & didn't do the meditation until about 9:00 last night, and truth be told, I think I slept most of the way through it. ;) But I did manage to actually do both, so I'm still at 100% for November. That makes me happy.

I have to confess something here. People who know me well know that I'm always setting goals, I always have these grand plans of change, and I usually stick with them for a while, but inevitably, I always seem to quit. It's one of my biggest flaws & ranks up there in the top three that I dislike about myself.

I try to cut the negative self-talk, I try to avoid thinking of myself as weak-willed or a quitter, but after repeating this behavior over and over, it's sometimes hard to resist feeling that way. So, any little victory is enormous to me. I purposely set my November goals pretty low on the difficulty scale. I'm hoping that by starting small, I can build a foundation of successfully achieving goals that will help me when I get to the big ones:

Friday, I was thankful for...

Mini-Goal

Meditate/Visualize

Walk at Lunch

November 1

Done – Bridge/Gilman Route

Done – “Opening the Energy Centers”

November 2

Done – Inside Stairs

Done – “Affirmations”

November 3

Done – Inside Stairs

Done – “Meditation Journey”

November 4

Done – Buildings Tour

Done – “Meditation Journey”

November 5

Done – Bridge/Gilman Route

Done – “Breathing/Meeting with Advisor”

November 6

...acting in my best interest even though I didn't want to. Plus, it was finally "cool" enough to walk outside again (83 degrees).

Vegan MoFo'ing for the Weekend

This weekend, in honor of Vegan MoFo, I'm going to make and share two of my favorite vegan recipes: White Bean Deap with Pita Chips and Orange-Scented Quinoa. Yum!

I second Retta. The only things I can continue are not self improvements, but things like knitting. I don't even go out for walking. So you are doing great, far ahead of me.Yeah, looking forward to the recipes :)